Book Media, Religion and Culture: Digital Zen : Buddhism, Virtual Worlds and Online Meditation DOC, MOBI
9780415628716 0415628717 Cyber Zenargues that, on a pragmatic level, digital religious practice in virtual worlds such as Second Life affords isolated and solitary practitioners a Buddhist community, if only a virtual one. It argues that much contemporary popular religious practice is a creative protest against, and also a product of, the suffering produced by the desires of living in late capitalism and an intensification of the free market, globalization, and consumerism. Examining Anglo-Buddhism's conceptions of self, practice, and community, Cyber Zen makes the case that participants in this virtual world have developed a form of religion that allows them to flourish in a late capitalistic society., Digital Zen argues that, on a pragmatic level, digital religious practice in virtual worlds such as Second Life affords isolated and solitary practitioners a Buddhist community, if only a virtual one. It argues that much contemporary popular religious practice is a creative protest against, and also a product of, the suffering produced by the desires of living in late capitalism and an intensification of the free market, globalization, and consumerism. Examining Anglo-Buddhism s conceptions of self, practice, and community, "Digital Zen" makes the case that participants in this virtual world have developed a form of religion that allows them to flourish in a late capitalistic society."
9780415628716 0415628717 Cyber Zenargues that, on a pragmatic level, digital religious practice in virtual worlds such as Second Life affords isolated and solitary practitioners a Buddhist community, if only a virtual one. It argues that much contemporary popular religious practice is a creative protest against, and also a product of, the suffering produced by the desires of living in late capitalism and an intensification of the free market, globalization, and consumerism. Examining Anglo-Buddhism's conceptions of self, practice, and community, Cyber Zen makes the case that participants in this virtual world have developed a form of religion that allows them to flourish in a late capitalistic society., Digital Zen argues that, on a pragmatic level, digital religious practice in virtual worlds such as Second Life affords isolated and solitary practitioners a Buddhist community, if only a virtual one. It argues that much contemporary popular religious practice is a creative protest against, and also a product of, the suffering produced by the desires of living in late capitalism and an intensification of the free market, globalization, and consumerism. Examining Anglo-Buddhism s conceptions of self, practice, and community, "Digital Zen" makes the case that participants in this virtual world have developed a form of religion that allows them to flourish in a late capitalistic society."